Carboy-inclinator.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

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'No MODEL.

v Aand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarboy- .similar articles incasing liquids, and has Lformy device attached to a carboy; Fig. 2, a side l UNITED STATES Patented-october 1s, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES' FLAHERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA,` PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HUGH J. FAGEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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' i SPECIFICATION vforming' part of Letters Patent No. 772,461, dated October 18, 1904.

Application led January 29, 1904:.

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES F. FLAHERTY, a'v citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in thev county of Philadelphia Inclinators, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for inclining or tilting carboys or its object the production of simple and eflicient means for manipulating the carboy to which it is attached for the purpose of pouring from it a portion or the whole of its contents.

A further object is to provide a device that can be instantly applied or removed without raising, handling, or operating the carboy in any way or causing damage to it and which can be readily adapted to suit various sizes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a front elevation, and Fig. 4 a side view, of the operating-cam.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a carboyor similar large vessel inclosed in a protective wooden casing except at its mouth and neck, which extend through and above the top of the said case. l

In -my device are one or more curved rockers 1, connected together by a cross-piece 2 and provided with appropriate braces 3, which come into contact with the back of the wooden casing and have neXt the casing one or more sharp-pointed spurs 4. toenter and engage therewith. Connected With the upper ends of these rockers are bars or straps 5, adapted to rest'upon the top of the casing, arranged to avoid any interference with the projecting portion of the carboy, and having at their front end a slotted post 6, terminating in an enlarged head 7, adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator, the said post acting as a hand-lever for the purpose of tipping the carboy.

Within the slotted post 6', near its lower end, is pivotally attached a spirally-grooved cam 8, the pintles of which lr'est and revolve in Serial No. 191,183. fNo model.)

of the hand-lever 9, which is bent to avoid the neck of the carboy and whose function it lis to operate the said cam. A bent lever lO also passes through the upper end of the slot ted post 6 and is provided with a series of holes for adjusting to varying sizes of carboys. A bolt 1l engages with these holes, passing through the post, forming a pivotal bearing within it. This lever is bent downwardly at right angles to the upper portion and has a small rentrant angle at its eXtreme end terminating in a spur 12, adaptedl to enter into and engage with the wooden front of the case opposite to the rockers. Midway in the length of` this lever and in the same plane with the cam is a forked projection 13, eX- tending inwardly on both sides of the cam 8, and is further provided with a stud or bolt 14, which passes through the spiral groove in the cam, connecting the twoimembers loosely but operatively together.

' In operation my device is placed in position on an incased carboy, and the hand-lever moved so as to cause the cam to partly rotate in the directionV which will shorten the radial distance between the groove and its axial center. This movement causes the post and parts to which it is attached and the bent lever 10 to be drawn together or toward each other, re-

sulting in forcing the spurs to enter into the ing the action of the hand-lever 9 the spurs are freed from the carboy and the device can be removed or transferred at will.

It will be seen that this device affords a thoroughly efcient means for handling a carboy in discharging its contents, avoidingthe danger of spilling or splashing in pouring therefrom and-the loss and possible damage consequent thereto, the carboy being placed at all times under easy control of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isA

1. In a carboy-inclinator, the combination of one or more rockers, provided with spurs; a clamping-lever oppositely disposed to the rockers, and a connecting' member attached to the rockers at one end and with the clampinglever at the other, substantially as shown and described.

2. A carboy-inclinator consisting of one or more rockers, provided with spurs; a member connecting with the rockers at one end having a clamping-lever, also provided with spurs, pivoted at the other end; a spirally-grooved cam controlling the said clamping-lever, and a hand-lever operating the said cam, all substantially as shown and described.

3. In a carboy-inclinator, the combination of one or more rockers, provided with spurs, adapted to engage with one side of a carboy; a bifurcated strap or bar connected at its double extremities to the said rockers and having, at

its single extremity, an adjustable clampinglever, provided With spurs adapted to engage with the opposite side of the carboy, and hav 3o ing at its upper end a series of holes for adjustment; an operatinglevei` post, integral with the said bifurcated bar; a cam adapted to convey motion to the said clamping-lever, and a handle for turning the said cam, all substantially as shown and described.

4. In adevice of the class described, the conibination of a rigid frame, having downwardlyextending outer surfaces corresponding to the are of a circle; a member at right angles thereto and integral therewith, provided, near its opposite end, with a slotted post; a lever working within the said post, adjustably attached thereto -at one end, the other terminating in an inwardly-turned spur; a cani adapted to operate the said lever, causing it to move inwardly or outwardly, and remain locked in such position; a hand-lever for operating the said cam and a tilting lever, integral with the said slotted lever, all substantially as shown and described.

ln testimony whereof l have aliixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. FLAHERTY.

Witnesses:

VARREN E. WILLIS, E. L. KRIESER. 

